caramelised

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Caramelised means browned and sweetened by slow heat. Caramelised onions, caramelised sugar, a caramelised crust.

Properly the word describes sugar breaking down under heat, which takes real time — caramelised onions need forty minutes, not five, whatever a recipe claims. The browning of meat is a different reaction, named after Maillard. Americans spell it with a z.

Definitions of caramelised

1adjectivecaramelisedBrowned and sweetened by slow heat.B2+
“Top each burger with a spoonful of sticky caramelised onions.”

caramelised is a cooking state.

Also accepted in games: caramelized

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caramelised in the wild

In Australia (also available in New Zealand, the UK and Ireland) the Caramilk brand is used for a caramelised white chocolate bar.
Caramilk
Cajeta de Celaya is a confection of thickened caramel usually made of sweetened caramelised goat's milk.
Cajeta de Celaya
Long cooking creates a thick, brown caramelised crust over the teurgoule.
Teurgoule
Originally released in the 1970s, it is caramelised, ready-to-eat popcorn, similar to the American Cracker Jack.
Lolly Gobble Bliss Bombs
The meat is caramelised in brown sugar along with onion and garlic and the other ingredients are then added one by one, resulting in a dark brown stew.
Pelau

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